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Nipple And Areola Reconstruction

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 19350

A reconstructive procedure that rebuilds the nipple and the darker skin around it, the areola, using the patient's own tissue, typically as one of the final steps after breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. It restores a natural-looking nipple-areola appearance rather than removing any breast tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nipple And Areola Reconstruction cost?

$3,462

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,413 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Connecticut than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$3,462

$891 physician + $2,570 facility

CT $7,673AR $2,094

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.